While discussions continue over the possible nomination of Senator Hillary Clinton as the next Secretary of State, President-elect Obama’s transition team announced Wednesday that Tom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader, will be named secretary of health and human services.

As speculations abound over who President-Elect Obama will name to key cabinet positions we look at some of the central figures advising Obama, many of whom are leading candidates for posts in the next administration.

The website Politico reported last week that 31 out of 47 people named so far to transition or staff posts have ties to the Clinton administration. Today we host a discussion on what this means for Obama’s mandate for change.

Jeremy Scahill, award-winning investigative journalist, Democracy Now! correspondent, and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. His latest article was just published on AlterNet.org. It’s called "This Is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House.

David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones magazine. He’s just written a piece for the Mother Jones blog called “The Agents of Change on Obama’s Transition Team.”

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